Using Ishihara test plates the prevalence of colour blindness was studied on six hundred and ninety-seven leprosy patients and two hundred and ninety-two normal healthy controls. 7.88% of male patients with tuberculoid leprosy, 12.18% of male patients with lepromatous leprosy, and 0.67% of male controls were detected to be colour blind (red-green deficiency or total colour weakness). The differences between the different groups are significant. Among female patients and controls, only one lepromatous leprosy patient was detected to have red-green deficiency. This suggests the possibility of a genetic predisposition to Mycobacterium leprae infection in patients with leprosy.
BT - Indian journal of leprosy C1 - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1308523?dopt=Abstract CN - Infolep Library - available DA - 1992 Oct-Dec IS - 4 J2 - Indian J Lepr LA - eng N2 -Using Ishihara test plates the prevalence of colour blindness was studied on six hundred and ninety-seven leprosy patients and two hundred and ninety-two normal healthy controls. 7.88% of male patients with tuberculoid leprosy, 12.18% of male patients with lepromatous leprosy, and 0.67% of male controls were detected to be colour blind (red-green deficiency or total colour weakness). The differences between the different groups are significant. Among female patients and controls, only one lepromatous leprosy patient was detected to have red-green deficiency. This suggests the possibility of a genetic predisposition to Mycobacterium leprae infection in patients with leprosy.
PY - 1992 SP - 483 EP - 6 T2 - Indian journal of leprosy TI - Prevalence of colour blindness among patients with leprosy. VL - 64 SN - 0254-9395 ER -